It was said that the iPhones would be able to support RCS in the year 2024

Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Markets Act: The Status of Rich Communications Standard (RCS) Messaging on the iPhone and Other Smartphones

Good news will come to your group chat. Today, Apple said it will add support for the RCS messaging standard to the iPhone. Apple will be releasing a software update next year that will support the messaging standard, which is already widely used by other phones, according to the website 9to5Mac.

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act requires major companies such as Apple to make their services compatible with other platforms in response to regulatory pressure. The European Commission opened up an investigation into whether or not to classify iMessage as a core platform service. However, Apple reportedly argued iMessage isn’t popular enough in Europe for the rules to apply, and it’s planning to file an appeal against the government’s regulation of its App Store.

Rich Communications Standard is a messaging service that is more advanced than the standard messages that were used before. There are other things that RCS can do, like the ability to easily share higher-resolution photos and videos between devices, read receipts, and more. Extra layers of security are lacking in the older messaging standards.

Why is RCS needed now, and when should it go away? Anshel Sag, CIO, Moor Insights and Strategy

“It’s long been time for SMS to go away,” says Anshel Sag, principal analyst at the technology analyst firm Moor Insights and Strategy. I think it’s time to retire the text messaging service, known as the “sms.” It’s possible to eliminate all the security flaws that are caused by the text message service.

Apple told 9to5Mac that support for RCS will come in the later half of next year. This timing suggests that support could arrive with the next version of iOS, which typically rolls out in September.